Stub holder for check books



1,635,625" July 12 v 1927' F. JOHNSON STUB HOLDER FOR CHECK BOOKS Filed Aug. '51. 1926 M? Qttoammg S Patented July 12, 1927.

. UNITED 'sr'rss roan JOHNSON, OFVI-IELENA, MONTANA.

STUB HOLDER FOR CHECK BOOKS.

Application filed August 31, 1926. Serial No. 132,787.

This invention relates to stub holders adapted to be applied to a check book and retain filled in stubs ina turned back position where they will be out of the way and prevented from interfering when filling in stubs of unused checks and also prevented from moving downwardly upon a newly filled in stub and causing it to be blotted before the ink has dried.

One object of the invention is to provide a stub holder which may be stamped from a strip of sheet metal and very cheaply produced.

Another object of the invention is to so form the stub holder that it may be easily applied to a check book and not be liable to slip out of a position in which a portion of the holder is firmly gripped between the binding of the stubs.

.Another object of the invention is to so form the holder that either a feworall of the stubs in a'check book may be engaged and retained in a turned back position when the check book is open.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein V Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the stub holder applied to a check book;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the check book and stub holder taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the-stub holder, and p Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of stub holder.

The stub holder constituting the subjectmatter of this invention is formed from an elongated stripof sheet metal curved longitudinally to provide an arm or body portion 1 which is substantially of an ogee configuration so that, when thestub holder is in use, the arm may extend over a number of stubs 2 which have been previously filled in and retain them in a turned back position with the front cover 3 of the checkbook opened. Before the strip of metal is bent to form the curved arm a tongue 4: is stamped from one end portion with its attached end spaced from'the said end of the strip and its free end extending toward the opposite end of the strip. Either before or after the strip has been bent to assume-the ogee configuration, it is bent transversely, preferably in alinement with the attached end of the tongue 4, in order to provide a foot 5 whichextends transversely from the arm in an opposite direction to the tongue. The foot and tongue are disposed in a com.-

, mon plane and preferably extend at right angles to the end of the arm from which they project. By comparing Figs. 3 and 4, it-will be seen that the end portion of the strip from which the foot 5 is formed may be bent I to dispose the foot either outwardly of the arm. as shown in Fig. 3, or beneath the arm, as shown in Fig. 4;, with the tongue extending in an opposite direction and. disposed either beneath the arm, as shown in Fig. 3, or projecting outwardly therefrom, as shown in Fig. 4.

the metal staples 6 by means of which the stubs are secured together and the stub holder will be prevented from being turned and accidentally moved out of proper position to have its tongue gripped between the bound end portions of the stubs. If the foot is bent to' extend beneath the arm, the foot will be forced between the bound end portions' of the stubs and the tongue willrest upon-the stub to be filled in. In either case,

theholder will have a portion firmly gripped between the bound stubs and a portion resting upon a stub to be filled in and constituting a brace to prevent the arm from being -moved by the pressure of the turned back stubs out of position in'which it will extend transversely across them. The free end of the foot is beveled, as shown at 7, so that it may be easily inserted between the bound stubs.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

A :unh hohlor for vhoolc hooks comprising an olongutml strip of: material (unwed longilllkiilliliiy and having a longitudinally oximuling; ionguo out from one omi portion in spaced roiul'ion to the said end and facing tho oppoisiio our] thm'cof, the strip being 1W1. transversely 21h the ni l zu'hul 0nd of the tongue to :[oi'iu a foot oxtoiniing' from tho strip in an opposite dirootion to tho longuo and in a common piano therewith.

1n testimony whmeoi I uiiix my siggnatnro,

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